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5 Assessments of the affinities and interrelationships among extant hexapods
can be based on comparisons which utilise a wider range of features than those
provided by fossil forms (see Chapter 6). In 'easy' cases where genuine ...
5 Assessments of the affinities and interrelationships among extant hexapods
can be based on comparisons which utilise a wider range of features than those
provided by fossil forms (see Chapter 6). In 'easy' cases where genuine ...
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The hexapod/myriapod mandible lacks a palp (telopodite). Manton (1972, 1977)
insisted that the mandible is actually formed by the whole limb, contrary to the
gnathobase mandible of Crustacea; however, as noted by Lauterbach (1972b)
and ...
The hexapod/myriapod mandible lacks a palp (telopodite). Manton (1972, 1977)
insisted that the mandible is actually formed by the whole limb, contrary to the
gnathobase mandible of Crustacea; however, as noted by Lauterbach (1972b)
and ...
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GENERAL FOSSIL RECORD Cambrian - Devonian. It is thought that the
Crustacea are the sister group of the Tracheata (Myriapoda plus Hexapoda), and
since relatively advanced Crustacea occurred in the Cambrian, ancestral
tracheates ...
GENERAL FOSSIL RECORD Cambrian - Devonian. It is thought that the
Crustacea are the sister group of the Tracheata (Myriapoda plus Hexapoda), and
since relatively advanced Crustacea occurred in the Cambrian, ancestral
tracheates ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Skeletal anatomy and key to orders by J F Lawrence E S Nielsen and I M Mackerras | 3 |
General anatomy and function by R F Chapman | 33 |
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| Title | The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers, Volume 1 The Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Entomology, ISBN 0801426693, 9780801426698 |
| Author | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia). Division of Entomology |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0801426790, 9780801426797 |
| Length | 1137 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Insects Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders Nature / Insects & Spiders Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology Science / Paleontology |
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